The Campaign for Better Transport’s
Car Dependency Scorecard ranked Bristol as the second best
city for walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars. The
investment continues as a £9.4 million Cycle
Ambition Fund finances work to improve the area's cycle routes.

The elusive Banksy helped
put Bristol on the map for street art and the city has gone on
to wholeheartedly embrace the art form. The city now hosts the
biggest street art festival in Europe, Upfest.

Bristol is the global capital of natural history programme
making. Over 25% of the world's natural history films are made in
Bristol, with the majority of these at the
BBC's Natural History Unit.

Bristol has always been a city with a conscience, for example
we are world leaders in alternative energy innovation. It is no
surprise that Bristol was the first UK city to be awarded the
status of
European Green Capital for 2015.

Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run and Creature Comforts were all
made in Bristol, home of the Oscar award-winning Aardman. Creature Comforts was
inspired by Nick Park's visits to Bristol Zoo Gardens and
features the voices of local Bristolians.

The nightlife in Bristol has always been exceptional and
now we have the proof. Motion has been named
as one of only two UK venues to reach the top 20 clubs in the world
according to DJ Mag.

Bristol is famed for its engineering innovation (ss Great
Britain, Concorde, etc) and its creativity (Banksy, Aardman, etc)
but did you know that it is also the birthplace of sweet-tooth
favourites Ribena and the chocolate bar?